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INVESTOR UPDATE
AUGUST 2021
BetMakers Technology Group | ASX: BET   Confidential and Proprietary.
DISCLAIMER
This shareholder update is dated 30 August 2021.
The material contained in this document is a presentation of general information about the activities of BetMakers Technology Group Limited (the Company or BET)
as at the date of this update.
The document is not a prospectus, product disclosure statement or other offer document under Australian law or any other law. The information is provided in
summary and does not purport to be complete. You should not rely upon it as advice for investment purposes, as it does not take into account your investment
objectives, financial position or needs and does not include all information which an investor may require to assess the performance, risks, prospects or financial
position of the Company. These factors should be considered, with or without professional advice, when deciding if an investment is appropriate. To the extent
permitted by law, no responsibility for any loss arising in any way (including by way of negligence) from anyone acting or refraining from acting as a result of this
material is accepted by the Company, including any of its related bodies corporate.
This update contains “forward-looking statements”. These can be identified by words such as “may”, “should”, ”anticipate”, “believe”, “intend”, “estimate” and
“expect”. Statements which are not based on historic or current facts may be forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on assumptions
regarding the Company’s financial position, business strategies, plans and objectives of management for future operations and development and the environment
in which the Company will operate; and current views, expectations and beliefs as at the date they are expressed and which are subject to various risks and
uncertainties. The forward-looking statements contained within the update are not guarantees or assurances of future performance and involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, which may cause the actual results, performance or
achievements of the Company to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. For example, the factors that are likely to
affect the results of the Company include: general economic conditions in Australia and globally; exchange rates; competition in the markets in which the Company
does, and will, operate; conduct of contracted counter parties; whether and climate conditions; and the inherent regulatory risks in the businesses of the Company.
The forward-looking statements contained in this announcement should not be taken as implying that the assumptions on which the projections have been
prepared are correct or exhaustive.
The Company disclaims any responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the information contained in this update, including any forward-looking statement.
The Company disclaims any responsibility to update or revise any information in this update, including forward-looking statements to reflect any change in the
Company’s financial condition, status or affairs or any change in the events, conditions or circumstances on which a statement is based, except as required by law.
The data projections or forecasts included in this presentation have not been audited, examined or otherwise reviewed by the independent auditors of the
Company. You must not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.
ABOUT
BetMakers operates in more than 30 countries globally with more than 200
customers and process more than $15 billion of wagering turnover annually.
We provide racing, wagering and integrity data, software and hardware products to
bookmakers, racing authorities and rights holders globally. These include the supply of an                     Global Tote
international Tote and other betting product engines and services for bet types, including Fixed
Odds, that monetise horse racing for stakeholders.

PRODUCT OFFERING                                                                                   Digital                    Product and
BetMakers supplies tools, services and solutions for every stage of the racing                    Platforms                    Hardware
                                                                                                 and Widgets                  Development
and betting lifecycle, including:
• development of betting platforms and products for B2C bookmakers,
• automated creation and trading of over 250,000 races annually,
• distribution of critical race day data including race fields, scratchings and results,      Data and                            Form and
• global tote hosting and co-mingling services,                                               Analytics                          Informatics
• distribution of racing form, informatics and ratings to B2C bookmakers,
• retail betting hardware solutions,
• data powered integrity platforms for regulators and racing authorities, and
• content aggregation and global distribution on behalf of rights holders (live streaming).        Managed                        Race
                                                                                                   Trading                     Vision and
REGULATED                                                                                          Services                    Streaming
• BetMakers is a regulated company holding more than 45 wagering and gaming licences
  globally.
• BetMakers’ Board and key officers have passed probity processes in some of the world’s                        Race Day
  most heavily regulated jurisdictions.                                                                        Controls and
• Our customers operate in regulated markets, include commercial B2C operators, regulators                       Integrity
  and casinos and racetracks across the United States, Europe, Asia and United Kingdom.
THE BETMAKERS TEAM

               BOARD OF DIRECTORS                                          EXECUTIVE TEAM

     Nicholas Chan                  Todd Buckingham           Jake Henson                   Anthony Pullin
     Chairman                       Chief Executive Officer   Chief Operating Officer       Chief Financial Officer

     Matt Davey                     Simon Dulhunty            Karl Begg                     Oliver Shanahan
     Non-Executive Director         Non-Executive Director    Chief Technology Officer      Chief Information Officer

                     KEY ADVISORS

     Matthew Tripp                  Paul Bittar               Sam Adams                     Martin Tripp
     Strategic Advisor              Strategic Advisor         Chief Legal Officer           Chief Product Officer
     and Investor
FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
BetMakers continues to have a strong balance sheet and is set
up to support continued investment in growth.

FY2021 Revenue - $19.5m (+127% vs FY2020)                                                     H1 FY2019                     H2 FY2019                  H1 FY2020                H2 FY2020                H1 FY2021             H2 FY2021
  • Expansion across domestic platform and                                                         $'000                         $'000                      $'000                    $'000                    $'000              $'000
    Managed Trading Services (MTS) clients.
                                                          Revenue                                          2,780                         3,379                    4,038                    4,543                      7,594        11,864
  • Growth of international distribution content
                                                           - growth                                                                      21.5%                   19.5%                    12.5%                       67.2%         56.2%
    offering reaches over 50,000 each year.
                                                          (HY-o-HY)
  • FY21 Results include two weeks of Racing &
    Digital assets (acquired from Sportech PLC).          Gross Profit                                     1,330                         2,039                    3,596                    2,737                      4,002          6,202
                                                          - margin                                         47.8%                         60.3%                   89.1%                    60.2%                       52.7%         52.3%
FY2021 Gross Profit - $10.2m (+61% vs FY2020)
                                                          Loss After Income Tax                          (1,786)                      (1,818)                     (556)                 (1,584)                      (4,435)      (13,024)
FY2021 adjusted EBITDA ¹ - negative $2.9m
  • Investment in additional resources and                EBITDA                                         (2,185)                         (590)                      644                    (437)                     (4,761)      (13,382)
    infrastructure ahead of the curve, supporting
    international expansion.                              - margin                                        -78.6%                       -17.5%                    16.0%                     -9.6%                     -62.7%       -112.8%

  • More than $2.4m invested in US operations
                                                          Adjusted EBITDA ¹                              (1,945)                         (136)                      574                      259                      (847)        (2,035)
    during FY2021 (OPEX only).
                                                          - margin                                        -70.0%                         -4.0%                   14.2%                       5.7%                    -11.1%        -17.2%
30 June 2021 Cash Balance - $120.6m
                                                          Closing cash balance                                301                          453                    2,699                  31,625                      68,637       120,608
FY22 Update                                               Financial liabilities                        (15,000)                     (10,000)                   (4,000)                            -                        -               -
  • July annualised revenue run rate in excess of
    $70mil/year
  •   Note: calculated by multiplying July revenue x 12

                                                                                                Note: Results include 14 days of the Racing and Digital assets acquired from Sportech PLC (completed 17 June 2021)
                                                                                  ¹ : Adjusted EBITDA excludes impairment/recovery of receivables, share-based payments expense, and Sportech related deal costs
THE NEXT PHASE OF BETMAKERS’
     GROWTH STRATEGY WILL BE
      DEFINED THROUGH THREE
    GLOBAL PRODUCT DIVISIONS
REVENUE OVERVIEW
BetMakers’ domestic business continues to deliver
strong growth in FY21. This growth, along with the
transformational acquisition of Sportech’s Racing
and Digital assets, is expected to deliver a step-
change in revenue in FY22.                                                                                            REVENUE

                                                                                                                                                                                                         $12
FY2021 Revenue - $19.5m (+127% vs FY2020)

Key revenue drivers include:                                                                                                                                                                             $10

  • Expansion of Platform and MTS Services
    clients.                                                                                                                                                         $7.6
                                                                                                                                                                                                         $8
  • Expansion of international content offering.

                                                                                                                                                                                                               Millions
  • Integration of Sportech’s Racing and Digital
                                                                                                                                                                                                         $6
    assets delivered c.$2m in revenue in the first
    14 days after completion.
                                                                                                                                        $4.5
                                                                                                          $4.0
                                                                                                                                                                                                         $4
                                                                             $3.4
                                                        $2.8

                                                                                                                                                                                                         $2

                                                                                                                                                                                                         $-
                                                     H1 FY2019          H2 FY2019                     H1 FY2020                    H2 FY2020                    H1 FY2021                    H2 FY2021

                                                                            Global Be tting Services                      Global Ra cing Network                        Global Tote

                                                                               Note: Results include 14 days of the Racing and Digital assets acquired from Sportech PLC (completed 17 June 2021)
                                                                 ¹ : Adjusted EBITDA excludes impairment/recovery of receivables, share-based payments expense, and Sportech related deal costs
GLOBAL FOOTPRINT
BetMakers is a leader in business-to-business
racing solutions globally.

30+                                                                                                                                                        45+
                                                                                     Denmark,
                                                                                    Norway and                            Russia
                                                                                      Finland

                                                                       United Kingdom
                                                                         and Ireland
COUNTRIES                                                                                                                                                  REGULATORY
                                                                                                                                                              LICENCES

                                                               France,

55+                                                                                                                                                        387
                                                            Germany, The
                  United States and
                       Canada                                Netherlands

                                                               Spain                                                                         South Korea

                                                                                                                                       Hong Kong and
                                                                                                                                          Macau
                                                                                                 Turkey                            Vietnam
ONLINE WAGERING                      Puerto Rico,                                                 and                                                       EMPLOYEES
                              West Indies and Dominican                                          Cyprus
OPERATORS                              Republic
                                                                                                                                                             (AT 30 JUNE 2021)

                                                                                                   Malaysia

225+                                                                                                                                                       10
                                      Peru, Argentina and
                                             Chile
                                                                                                              Australia
                                                                           South
                                                                           Africa

                                                                                                                          New Zealand
RACING                                                                                                                                                         OFFICE
PARTNERS                                                                                                                                                    LOCATIONS
OUR BRANDS
Through our three global product divisions, BetMakers is now one of the
leading technology providers for racing services worldwide.
PRODUCTS

              Platform    Fixed Odds       Data      Quantum™       Tote        Tote        Official    Race Day      Rights
            Development     Pricing     Lifecycle    Tote Engine   Hosting     Pooling       Price      Controls    Management

                           Managed                                                                                  Reporting
             Form and                   Dynamic       Betting       Venue      Interface    Racing      Integrity
                           Trading                                                                                    and
              Content                    Odds        Terminals     Services   Management    Vision      Platform
                           Services                                                                                 Analysis
CUSTOMERS

                          Media and    Aggregators                   Retail    Online
             Wagering                                                                                   Rights
                           Content        and        Racetracks    Wagering   Wagering     Racetracks               Regulators
             Operators                                                                                  Holders
                          Suppliers     Affiliates                  Venues    Operators
The technology engine room that stimulates and supports
wagering on racing around the world.

          PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT                                            FIXED ODDS PRICING                                             DATA LIFECYCLE

BetMakers provides white-label bookmaker platforms and       BetMakers’ flagship product PriceManager powers the       BetMakers manages racing data for the entire event life-
betting products to wagering operators across the world.     fixed odds of over 25 global racing books.                cycle from declaration of final field through to results and
• Bespoke native and mobile applications                     • Price management and automated trading strategies       dividends.
• Back-end betting and content management system             • Proprietary racing rating and pricing model             • Normalisation
• 20+ Advance deposit wagering customers in the US           • Market monitoring and analysis                          • Distribution and delivery
                                                                                                                       • Data warehousing

              FORM AND CONTENT                                      MANAGED TRADING SERVICES                                             DYNAMIC ODDS

BetMakers delivers both third-party premium content and      BetMakers provides a fully managed trading solution       Australia’s premium market monitoring tool for industry
internally built custom content for clients that stimulate   across fixed odds and tote-derivative betting, overseen   professionals.
wagering.                                                    by expert trading analysts.                               • Price alerts and remote bet-slip function
• Speed ratings, speed maps and tips                         • Bespoke trading solutions                               • Market movement and storage of fixed odds, tote and
• Bespoke runner comments and race overviews                 • Risk liability and price management                       exchange
• Short and long form statistics                             • Customer analytics                                      • Over 1,500 customers
FY21 HIGHLIGHTS
In FY21, Global Betting Services delivered material revenue growth through
the acquisition of new customers and expansion of products.

                   AUSTRALIAN
                                 9                                           23
                                                                             US ADW
           PLATFORM CUSTOMERS                                                PLATFORM CUSTOMERS

                                                $14.6m
                                                  revenue

                 $1b+
       ANNUALISED TURNOVER BY
                                                 +130% vs FY20
                                                                             $400m+
                                                                             ANNUALISED TURNOVER BY
        BETMAKERS’ AUSTRALIAN                                                BETMAKERS’ US ONLINE WAGERING
         PLATFORM CUSTOMERS*                                                 PLATFORM CUSTOMERS*

                                                                                        * Annualised as at July 2021
Global Tote combines one of the world’s most widely deployed pari-mutuel software
and BetMakers’ global tote hosting and commingling capability to provide turnkey
solutions for a growing network of over 300 racing and wagering partners.

           QUANTUM         TM                  HOSTING & OPERATIONS                             GLOBAL REACH
• Stable, scalable and reliable core         • Basic and Enhanced operations           • A world leader in tote integration,
  engine with a proven reliability record.     services provided 24/7/365 by             BetMakers offers multiple bet-by-bet
                                                                                                                                              over

                                                                                                                                   $15b
                                               skilled operations personnel.             integrations directly with tote
• Wide range of pools, bet types and
                                                                                         providers such as PMU, ZeTurf, ATG,
  features are supported including           • Facilities in the US and Europe.
                                                                                         and Rikstoto.
  some of the most popular from around         Primary data centres in cloud.
  the world.                                                                           • BetMakers is the provider of World
                                             • Modern data warehouse using data
                                                                                         Pools for racings biggest international
• Extensible for adding new pools and          lakes to consolidate information from
  features.                                    various sources.
                                                                                         race meetings.
                                                                                                                                               AUD
                                                                                       • BetMakers offers bet-by-bet into UK
• API Gateways to facilitate global
                                                                                         and interfaces geared for high volume
  interconnectivity and third-party
                                                                                         players.
  services.
• Feed consolidation from multiple
                                                                                                                                   Turnover / Handle processed Annually
  sources.                                                                                                                            by the Quantum™ Tote Engine
FY21 HIGHLIGHTS
Global Tote is well positioned to become the hub
of pari-mutuel wagering globally.

                130+
          HOSTING AND SERVICES
                                                                       145+
                                                                       POOLING AND
                    CONTRACTS                                          CO-MINGLING CONTRACTS

                                                   $1.7m
                                                   revenue

                 300+
                    GLOBAL RACING
                                                    in first 14 days
                                                   post acquisition
                                                                       29k
                                                                       BETTING TERMINALS
                        PARTNERS                                       GLOBALLY
The Global Racing Network provides a ‘one stop shop’ of racing
data, content and integrity solutions for regulators, rights holders                                  Racing Bodies and Rights Holders
and racing bodies.
                                                                                                            (Domestic and International)

                 MANAGEMENT OF FIXED ODDS BETTING
                                                                                                           Raw Data and Content
• BetMakers has signed a long term deal with the Horsemen group (NJTHA) and
  Race track (Monmouth Park) in New Jersey to manage the roll out of Fixed
  Odds betting on Thoroughbreds within the state of New Jersey
                                                                                     Reporting and                                            Integrity
                                                                                       Analysis                                               Platform
                   DATA AND CONTENT DISTRIBUTION
• BetMakers is entrusted by racing authorities and rights holders to distribute
  content to bookmakers, including:
   • the official price                       • fields and scratchings
   • live racing vision                       • official results
                                                                                                        Race Day                 Rights
   • form, silks, runner comments                                                    Official Price                                         Racing Vision
                                                                                                        Controls               Management

             REVENUE GENERATION FOR RIGHTS HOLDERS

• Racetracks and rights holders seeking to expand into international markets trust
  BetMakers to be their fully licenced distributer of content.                                              Wagering Operators

• BetMakers provides a regulated integrity framework around distribution of all
  content. BetMakers doesn’t just build the network between rights holders and
  wagering operators, it supplies all the data and tools to promote the content so                          Wagering Customers
  that it stimulates wagering.
FY21 HIGHLIGHTS
In FY21, Global Racing Network experienced significant
growth through the expansion of its content and
distribution network.

                           36
          COUNTRIES CONNECTED
                                                                                        300k+
                                                                                        RACES COVERED
                    TO THE GRN                                                          IN FY21

                                                $3.2m
           $6.7m                                                                      10
                                                 revenue
                                                   +44% vs FY20                                                   YR
          GENERATED IN REVENUE                                                        EXCLUSIVE AGREEMENT TO
            FOR RIGHTS HOLDERS                                                        MANAGE FIXED ODDS IN
                                                                                      NEW JERSEY*

                                                                  * : Please see the Company’s announcements dated 5 February 2020, 3 July 2020,
                                                                      21 May 2021 and 22 June 2021 for further information regarding this agreement.
FY22 STRATEGIC
FOCUS
                                               • Exploration of inorganic growth opportunities                 • ‘Land and Expand’ strategy to cross-sell new
                                                 through acquisition or partnerships.                            and existing customers into all product divisions.

                                               • Increased focus on penetrating the US market                  • Continued investment in BetMakers’ global
                                                 expansion opportunities.                                        resource and technology.

     •   Further development of the Managed            •   Deployment of brand-new self-service betting                    •   Initiate Fixed Odds betting on horse
         Trading Services division including               terminals and teller betting software.                              racing in the United States
         customers in US and Europe going              •   Continued investment in Global Tote
                                                                                                                           •   Launch of domestic and international
         live.                                             development including innovative bet-types and
                                                                                                                               fixed odds racetrack partners in New
                                                           the creation of new pools.
     •   Next generation wagering technology                                                                                   Jersey.
                                                       •   Developing cutting edge technology for the full
         for deployment into Australian,
                                                           life cycle of on track betting with new self-                   •   Import / Export opportunity across
         European and US marketplace.
                                                           service terminals, teller betting software and on                   customer jurisdictions.
     •   Continued expansion of products and               track display screens.
                                                                                                                           •   Deployment of proprietary racing
         services for further deployment in            •   Full integration of Sportech technology into the
                                                                                                                               integrity and reporting platforms into
         Europe and US marketplaces.                       BetMakers stack.
                                                                                                                               new global racing jurisdictions.
                                                       •   Sign and roll out agreements with major USA
                                                                                                                           •   Expand jurisdictions.
                                                           and European partners.
US OPPORTUNITY UPDATE
BetMakers continues to make strong progress on its US
growth strategy, reaching a breakthrough milestone in
August with the approval of fixed odds betting on horse
racing in New Jersey.

NEW JERSEY FIXED ODDS RACING BILL
• On 6 August 2021, the New Jersey Governor signed a bill to authorise fixed odds
  betting on horse racing in the state of New Jersey.

• BetMakers has exclusive arrangements with Darby Development LLC., the
  operator of Monmouth Park racetrack, and the New Jersey Thoroughbred                                                     June 2018                                                              August 2021
  Horsemen Association (together "NJ Partners") to deliver and manage Fixed                                First legal sports bets in the US (outside of                          30 US States plus the District of Columbia
                                                                                                                Nevada) are taken in New Jersey.                                  have legalised sports betting or introduced
  Odds thoroughbred horse racing into New Jersey. These arrangements mean                                                                                                       legislation that will allow for legal sports betting
  that any wagering operator who wishes to offer fixed odds on the NJ Partners'                                                                                                                 in the near future.
  thoroughbred racing must first enter into a commercial agreement with
  BetMakers.                                                                                                                  NEW JERSEY SPORTS BETTING TURNOVER SINCE LAUNCH
                                                                                                                                                           (Cumulative, $USD)
PUSHING IN OTHER STATES                                                                                   $18
• BetMakers believes that, once the potential of fixed odds betting on racing is                          $16
                                                                                                          $14          Over $17 billion USD has been
  shown in New Jersey, other states will quickly follow (as has been the case with                        $12        wagered in New Jersey since sports
  the legalisation of sports betting across the US).

                                                                                               Billions
                                                                                                          $10        betting was legalised in June 2018.
                                                                                                           $8
CONTENT DISTRIBUTION OPPORTUNITIES                                                                         $6
                                                                                                           $4
• BetMakers is currently working with its existing rights partners (and a number of                        $2
  prospective partners) on commercial arrangements that would see BetMakers                                $0

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  distribute fixed odds betting on interstate and international racing to wagering
  operators in New Jersey.

                                                                                      Source: https://www.njoag.gov/about/divisions-and-offices/division-of-gaming-enforcement-home/financial-
                                                                                                                  and-statistical-information/monthly-press-releases-and-statistical-summaries/
Jane Morgan
Investor Relations

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Email: investors@betmakers.com

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